{"id":3356,"date":"2014-09-16T08:56:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T08:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2014-09-16T08:56:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T08:56:53","slug":"canada-high-profile-marijuana-activist-files-for-federal-liberal-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/canada-high-profile-marijuana-activist-files-for-federal-liberal-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada \u2013 High-Profile Marijuana Activist Files For Federal Liberal Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/canada-high-profile-marijuana-activist-files-for-federal-liberal-nomination\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>A higher-profile advocate for marijuana legalisation has filed her papers to operate like a Liberal within the next federal election, putting the spotlight with an problem the Conservatives used to fight Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. Jodie Emery filed her nomination papers Monday in Vancouver East, a riding the NDP has held since 1997. Ms. Emery is really a prominent marijuana legalisation advocate, together with her husband Marc Emery, referred to as \u201cPrince of Pot,\u201d who came back to Canada recently after serving a united states jail sentence over selling marijuana seed products.<\/p>\n<p>Her road to candidacy, however, remains unclear. The party rejected comment, though one Liberal source informed early signs are \u201cit won&#8217;t be smooth sailing\u201d for Ms. Emery despite her much talked about. She\u2019ll feel the normal tactic to be accepted like a candidate for that Liberal nomination within the riding. Ms. Emery, however, has got the backing of local Liberals, together with a former riding leader, who&#8217;s presently the party\u2019s election-readiness chair within the riding, and also the local Liberal association&#038;#8217s vice-leader. She states they contacted her to operate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI comprehend the Liberals don\u2019t want the press marijuana star couple attempting to steal the limelight or whatever, but it isn&#8217;t about us. For Marc and that i, sturdy looking to get [Stephen] Harper from office. For me personally, that\u2019s my primary goal,\u201d Ms. Emery, 29, stated Monday. \u201c\u2026 For a lot of proud Canadians who&#8217;re disappointed within this government, I believe the Liberal party provides a great party to participate and support to consider back the united states for anyone, the atmosphere and anything else that&#8217;s essential.Inches<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s formerly run for that provincial Eco-friendly Party, but stated she find the Liberals simply since they&#8217;re the only real party \u201cthat can switch the Harper government\u201d in next year\u2019s election. \u201cJustin Trudeau signifies new, fresh leadership. I seem like he\u2019s someone who might be known as an empty slate, but that\u2019s somebody that\u2019s available to ideas. He really wants to base his guidelines on details and science, this is not on ideology the way in which Harper does,\u201d Ms. Emery stated.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal party spokesperson Olivier Duchesneau rejected to discuss Ms. Emery\u2019s would-be candidacy, but stated the riding\u2019s nomination race has not been formally opened up. \u201cEvery Canadian can go into the process, use the internet and ask for a nomination package and send it in. We never discuss a hypothetical candidate,\u201d Mr. Duchesneau stated.<\/p>\n<p>However, one Liberal source stated party authorities already expect questions for Ms. Emery that may derail her candidacy \u201cjust according to what\u2019s on the general public record at this time around.\u201d Another source stated Ms. Emery\u2019s nomination will be a lengthy shot which the riding is the \u201cleast winnable\u201d in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Emery, however, stated she\u2019s searching toward talking to a Liberal selection committee. \u201cI\u2019m searching toward speaking for them though. I\u2019m positive about everything I\u2019ve done, and even when I stated something crazy, I\u2019m a person, I&#8217;m able to admit that or apologize or whatever it might be. I stand in keeping with my concepts greater than other things,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trudeau also favours marijuana legalisation, and also the Conservatives have regularly specific him and also the Liberals around the problem. Lately, on Sept. 5, a celebration fundraiser e-mail signed by Worldwide Trade Minister Erectile dysfunction Fast assaulted the Liberals by saying \u201cthe only trade they\u2019re thinking about may be the marijuana trade.\u201d A brand new electoral map has been introduced for next year\u2019s election, however the current Vancouver East chair takes place by NDP Mega pixel Libby Davies, that has won it back to back since 1997. Ms. Emery went in &#8217;09 and 2013 for that B.C. Eco-friendly Party, generating 11 percent from the election in last year\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/gallery\/data\/1412\/The_Jodie_Emery_Show.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator &#038;#8211 The Overall @\u00a0<a style=\"color: #58793c\" href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Theglobeandmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Author: Josh Wingrove<\/p>\n<p>Contact:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #58793c\" href=\"http:\/\/globelink.ca\/platforms\/newspaper\/?source=gamnewspaper\" target=\"_blank\">E Mail Us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #58793c\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/marijuana-activist-files-for-federal-liberal-nomination\/article20486746\/\" target=\"_blank\">High-profile marijuana activist files for federal Liberal nomination<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A higher-profile advocate for marijuana legalisation has filed her papers to operate like a Liberal within the next federal election,&#038;#8230 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2014\/09\/canada-high-profile-marijuana-activist-files-federal-liberal-nomination\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Find Out More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1616,9,1,3],"tags":[4184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}